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Mary Ann Mobley
American
Actress
About the author
I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Letters
I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Right
#Thinking
#Years
#Friend
#Faith
#Doctors
I'm home about two days a month, and on those I have to pack.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Home
In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Disease
Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Right
#Thinking
#Years
#Home
#State
Ulcerative colitis can be cured by the operation, but you cannot cure Crohn's disease.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Disease
#Cure
I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Church
I got cocky and I stopped taking my vitamins. It was an inconvenience to have a suitcase full of vitamins with me on the road. About two years ago, it caught up with me.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Years
#Road
My daughter is one of the associate producers on two shows for Disney. I am really proud of her.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Daughter
#Disney
I do a lot of races for the cure for breast cancer.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Cancer
#Cure
Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Work
#Nothing
#Help
#Treatment
#Praise
#Doctors
Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Disease
#Effect
We are going to find, I think, several different kinds of Crohn's disease.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Disease
Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.
Mary Ann Mobley,
American
Actress
#Heart
#Trouble
#Stress